[c-nsp] ME3400 switches - internals?

[McDonald Richards]

In defense of the ME3400 (and believe me I've had enough issues with them to
not like them as much as this email may suggest) - it's a metro ethernet
switch and craps all over the EX4200 if you're delivering ethernet services
to customers that require OAM or CFM. I think you'll find that price-wise it
also sits a lot closer to the EX3200 which also lacks anything resembling
metro ethernet/carrier ethernet features.

It's TX buffers on the other hand..........


On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at gmail.com> wrote:

> The ME3400 seems to have a less powerful data-plane than its 3750
> cousin. The control-plane has some interesting Carrier Ethernet stuff
> that ends up implemented as well in 3750 and 6500 (although it takes
> years sometimes, as happens with REP that is still not available on
> 6500).
>
> One recent comparison between ME3400,3560,3750 on one corner and
> Juniper EX 4200 on the other came up with a big win to the Juniper EX
> 4200, so you might want to take a look at J-land to see if it suits
> your needs.
>
>
> Rubens
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Jeff Bacon <bacon at walleyesoftware.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have or use the ME3400s? What architecture are they based
> > on? Clearly they aren't a re-hashed 3750, and they seem to be a step
> > above the 3750s in terms of features and capabilities.
> >
> > (Am I right in thinking that a ME3750 is fundamentally the same as a
> > 3750, just different software? Or is there additional hardware in there
> > to support MPLS/etc?
> >
> > Is it just me or are there lots of nifty cool features in the ME
> > series?)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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